Constituency
21. Bhander
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 2008
MP-BHANDER
BJP 39.7%won by 21.9%LJP 17.8%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 13.6% to 21.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2003 and 2008 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerLoktantrik Janshakti Party (LJP) finished second with 17.8% — it did not contest here in 2003.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 57.5% of the vote between them, up from 45.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
91,902
Margin
20,098
21.87%
Candidates
19 contested · winner BJP- 1ASHA RAM AHIRWARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP36,46139.7%
- 2PHOOL SINGH BARAIYALoktantrik Janshakti Party · LJP16,36317.8%
- 3MAHENDRA BODHIndian National Congress · INC14,46015.7%
- 4D.R.RAHULBahujan Samaj Party · BSP11,83612.9%
- 5MOHAN LAL CONTRECTORIndependent · IND2,0322.2%
- 6RADE SYAM PRJAPATIApna Dal (Kamerawadi) · AD1,5341.7%
- 7GEETA VARMAIndependent · IND1,1911.3%
- 8RAJESH KUMAR JOHARIRSMD · RSMD1,1801.3%
- 9SANTOSH KUMARIJP · IJP1,1521.3%
- 10RAGWENDRA SINGHIndependent · IND1,1091.2%
- 11CHANDRA SEKHARIndependent · IND7310.8%
- 12LAXMI NARAYANIndependent · IND7080.8%
- 13CHARAN SINGHIndependent · IND6870.7%
- 14DR. VIRENDRA MOHAN RAISamajwadi Party · SP6150.7%
- 15RAM SINGH DANDOTIYABHBP · BHBP4630.5%
- 16RAM LALIndependent · IND4130.4%
- 17RAM MURTINew Labour Party · NLP3390.4%
- 18KAMTA PRASADRPIA · RPIA3320.4%
- 19KISHAN LALIndependent · IND2960.3%
Since 2003
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2003 and 2008. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–LJP swing
- −7.7%
- BJP share
- 29.6% → 39.7%
- LJP share
- 0.0% → 17.8%
- Turnout
- — → —